Hotspot (geology)
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hotspot-geology-177-5041927
title:
Hotspot (geology)
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In geology, hotspots are volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle. Examples include the Hawaii, Iceland, and Yellowstone hotspots. A hotspot's position on the Earth's surface is independent of tectonic plate boundaries, and so hotspots may create a chain of volcanoes as the plates move above them. There are two hypotheses that attempt to explain their origins. One suggests that hotspots are due to mantle plumes that rise
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Volcanic region hotter than the surrounding mantle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_(geology)
date created:
2004-10-07T23:58:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T23:47:07Z
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